Chapter 101: Seventy Thousand-Year Soul Skill — Ice Thorn Dragon Prison
"Here it comes!"
Ye Chen quickly responded, then instantly teleported above the Frost Crystal Mammoth. With a cold gleam in his eyes, he unleashed "Ice Dragon Claw" directly at the mammoth's heart, which was already exposed from its wound.
A wet, slicing sound filled the air.
Blood splattered everywhere as the Frost Crystal Mammoth's heart exploded, its massive body collapsing motionless to the ground.
The next moment, a pitch-black soul ring slowly emerged.
"Be careful. Absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring still carries some risk..."
Xian Lin'er descended gracefully beside Ye Chen, her expression serious. She didn't want Ye Chen to fail because of carelessness.
"Don't worry, I know my limits."
Ye Chen smiled confidently.
His physique and spiritual power were already well above the required threshold. A seventy-thousand-year soul ring was no problem for him.
He sat cross-legged on the ice, reached out his hand, and began to absorb the massive soul ring before him.
As the absorption began, Ye Chen felt his soul power roar to life, circulating wildly within his body.
It moved through his meridians, ferrying the energy from the soul ring into his core like workers carrying bricks.
As Ye Chen continued absorbing, the soul ring's dark hue gradually faded before his eyes…
At the same time, waves of spiritual impact assaulted his mind—remnants of the dead beast's unwilling resentment.
However, thanks to his innate talent, the Spirit Furnace, Ye Chen's spiritual power had been growing every day. It had already reached the late Spirit Connection stage and would soon advance to the Spirit Sea stage. Such minor resentment could no longer harm him.
Time flew by quickly.
An hour later, the soul ring completely disappeared.
A powerful fluctuation of soul power erupted from Ye Chen's body.
His soul power instantly jumped from level 50 to 51—and it didn't stop, continuing to rise rapidly...
Three seconds later, it broke through again, reaching level 52!
The seventy-thousand-year soul ring contained an overwhelming amount of power, enough to raise Ye Chen by one and a half levels.
Combined with the half-level accumulation he had already possessed, his cultivation smoothly reached level 52.
"Xiao Chen, how do you feel? Are you hurt?"
Xian Lin'er hurriedly approached, gently holding Ye Chen's hand as she examined his condition, worried that his rapid absorption might have caused internal injuries.
"Don't worry, teacher, I'm fine~" Ye Chen replied helplessly.
He didn't stop her inspection, knowing it came from concern.
"Phew... why did you absorb so fast? No one was rushing you! What if something went wrong?" Xian Lin'er sighed, feigning anger.
Normally, even a Soul Emperor would take several hours to absorb a soul ring of that level.
Yet Ye Chen, a mere level 50 Soul King, completed it in just one hour—how could she not be nervous?
"Hehe, I know, I know. I won't do it again~" Ye Chen scratched his head and admitted his mistake.
"Hmph, there better not be a next time."
Seeing his obedient attitude, Xian Lin'er's heart softened. She gently pulled him into her arms, caressing his hair, her eyes filled with tenderness.
"Mm~"
Ye Chen nodded, behaving adorably.
"By the way, what's your fifth soul skill? Let your teacher see it~" Xian Lin'er smiled.
Clearly, she was delighted with Ye Chen's advancement.
"My fifth soul skill is called 'Ice Thorn Dragon Prison.' It's an area-of-effect ability, likely an evolved form of the Frost Crystal Mammoth's innate talent."
As Ye Chen spoke, his five soul rings appeared behind him.
The fifth one shimmered faintly.
A deep hum reverberated as a wave of chilling air spread outward, instantly dropping the temperature within several hundred meters. Everything in the domain became cloaked in extreme frost.
Then, with a thought—
A rumbling explosion tore through the ice plain.
Countless sharp icicles burst upward from the ground, each more than ten meters long and two meters thick at the base!
Anyone who got hit by one would be instantly impaled and torn apart!
This soul skill resembled the Frost Crystal Mammoth's icicle domain, but Ye Chen's version was much more terrifying—faster, thicker, tougher, larger in range, and nearly impossible to defend against!
"Your soul skill is... kind of terrifying..."
The corner of Xian Lin'er's mouth twitched involuntarily, her body tensing.
The ice spikes had moved so fast that even a Titled Douluo could be skewered before reacting.
Too vicious… too ruthless…
Back when she faced the mammoth's ice field, she had charged through fearlessly because her Azure Flame could instantly melt its icicles.
But Ye Chen's extreme ice was on another level—her flames wouldn't melt it fast enough. The sheer impact could pierce even her martial soul's true form. It wouldn't kill her, but she'd definitely be injured...
In other words, under the right circumstances, Ye Chen's soul skill could inflict serious harm—or even kill—a Titled Douluo!
As expected of the Extreme Ice attribute—unreasonably powerful…
Even stronger than Ma Xiaotao from back then...
"Ahem, it's not that bad... When sparring, I can replace the icicles with ice pillars instead."
Ye Chen rubbed his head a little awkwardly.
He knew this soul skill was rather excessive.
Fortunately, he had control.
During sparring, he'd use Ice Pillars to avoid injuring allies.
Against enemies, he'd use Ice Spikes—to instantly annihilate them.
In terms of lethality, this skill was unmatched. It could easily shatter the opponent's will to fight.
Hmm, perhaps he could test it out on some Evil Soul Masters next time.
"Alright, enough for today. Let's head back, I'll treat you to something delicious to celebrate your advancement to Soul King~"
Xian Lin'er smiled warmly, rubbing his hair again.
No matter what, Ye Chen's progress made her proud. She had helped him obtain this fifth ring, so his success felt like her own.
And deep down, she had a feeling—Ye Chen might surpass her within ten years...
"Okay~"
Ye Chen nodded happily.
With his fifth soul ring, his strength had skyrocketed.
Previously, he could already overwhelm ordinary Soul Emperors.
Now, he could probably fight evenly with a Soul Sage.
Though a Soul Sage wasn't the peak of the world, they were among the uppermost tiers of power.
Soul Masters were rare, and powerful ones even rarer.
As long as Ye Chen didn't challenge a Titled Douluo recklessly, he was practically unbeatable.
PS: Spiritual Power Stages
Spirit Origin Realm: 0–50 (100)
Spirit Connection Realm: 51 (100)–500
Spirit Sea Realm: 501–5000
Spirit Abyss Realm: 5001–20000
Spirit Domain Realm: 20001–50000
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